ARM releases a speedy new graphics core for chip makers

by Laura Domela

ARM is gunning for leadership in high-performance mobile graphics with the release of its design today for a new graphics processing unit (GPU).

The move shows that visual computing has become so important in devices such as tablets and smartphones (including beefy ones known as superphones) that ARM, the leader in low-power mobile processors, has to focus on providing extra graphics processing power as well as computing power.

The company is making the design of the ARM Mali-T658 GPU available today for chip makers to begin designing into their ARM-licensed chips. New products using the GPU could hit the market around 2013, said Ian Smythe, director of marketing at ARM’s media processing division, in an interview.via Venture Beat

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ARM releases a speedy new graphics core for chip makers

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